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A weeklong work dispute deadlock at a Southampton construction supplier SAL is said to be headed to the Labour Relations Department today.
Fifteen staff from SAL Southampton remained off the job all this week over what was said to be a threat to sack...
DATE: Jul 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Sixteen welders have been trained up in connecting pipes as part of the island’s wastewater infrastructure upgrades, the public works minister announced.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the accreditation through McElroy Manufacturing had been arr...
DATE: Jul 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tenants at Southside, St David’s lost water today after a break in the main water line, the Bermuda Land Development Company advised.
Andrew Dias, the chief executive of the BLDC, said ageing galvanised piping left over from the US Base at Southside ...
DATE: Jul 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Hamilton city block closed to traffic by a broken sewerage pipe is just a day from reopening – but held up until the arrival of spare parts.
The stretch of Dundonald Street from Bull’s Head car park to Washington Street is shut off while repair cre...
DATE: Jul 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “voluntary and loving” display of rainbow colours from a government building such as Cabinet or Camden House could be enough to empower LGBTQ+ citizens, former Attorney-General Michael Scott told a Bermuda Pride panel last night.
Mr Scott, who step...
DATE: Jul 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Crunch talks are expected today at the Bermuda Industrial Union as a labour dispute at the hardware and construction supplier SAL Southampton dragged on for a third day.
Wornell Steede, chief union shop steward at SAL, said yesterday that management ...
DATE: Jul 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The “class of resilience” at CedarBridge Academy set out for the next chapter in their lives after an emotional 2021 graduation ceremony at the National Stadium yesterday.
Principal Kenneth Caesar told the gathering of parents, faculty and 91 gradua...
DATE: Jul 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Abolishing Bermuda’s controversial travel authorisation form and to allow travellers to enter the Island with proof of either immunisation or a negative Covid-19 test will not work, government said yesterday.
The proposal was made this week by Mich...
DATE: Jul 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Six people have been infected with the Covid-19 Delta variant, a more virulent strain of the coronavirus, it was announced at last night’s Government press conference.
David Burt, the Premier, called the news “disappointing” and said it highlighted t...
DATE: Jun 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The coronavirus testing facility Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory will “imminently” move onto a pathway to provisional registration, with a view to getting full accreditation by the end of this fiscal year.
Ricky Brathwaite, the chief executive of the...
DATE: Jun 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell